I just wanted to report that my NIC appears to be working using the r8169 drivers from the standard ubuntu kernel (version 2.6.24-19-generic). I was previously using custom compiled drivers but after i upgraded the kernel i tried switching back to the normal drivers (or at least I think so, i removed the blacklist from r8169 and blacklisted r8168 instead). I haven't noticed any problems for two days
I just wanted to report that my NIC appears to be working using the r8169 drivers from the standard ubuntu kernel (version 2.6.24-19-generic). I was previously using custom compiled drivers but after i upgraded the kernel i tried switching back to the normal drivers (or at least I think so, i removed the blacklist from r8169 and blacklisted r8168 instead). I haven't noticed any problems for two days